{"id":155915,"date":"2024-12-09T00:26:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/debate-a-10-warthog-apache-obsolescence-one-word\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T00:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T14:26:15","slug":"the-debate-over-a-10-warthog-apache-obsolescence-in-one-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=155915","title":{"rendered":"The Debate Over A-10 Warthog &amp; Apache Obsolescence In One Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are the             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"664838\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>A-10 Warthog<\/span><\/span> Thunderbolt II ground attack fighter jet and AH-64 Apache attack             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"185576\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/helicopter\/\"  >helicopter<\/a><\/span> obsolete? The answer can be summed up in one (unsatisfactory) word: depends (or rather, it depends on the mission set). The nature of the modern battlefield is that it changes.Often, not only do tactics change, but so too does the role of some of the equipment. Military equipment needs to find a practical use on the modern battlefield, or it will become obsolete. This is perhaps why         <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2036413\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/a-10-warthog-future-analysis\/\" >the A-10 Warthog is being retired<\/a><\/span> while the Apache isn&#8217;t &#8211; the Warthog seems unable to find a new role while the Apache has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The A-10 and Apache may both have been designed as close air support assets, but the Apache&#8217;s role has since changed and the A-10 hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9056,1258,396,816,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-10-warthog","category-air-force","category-aircraft","category-helicopter","category-military"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155916,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155915\/revisions\/155916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}